Revolving hand-fan.



V. M. KLUGE.

REVOLVING HAND FAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1914.

1,171,727. Patented Feb. 15,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- THE COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON, D. c

V. M. KLUGE.

REVOLVING HAND FAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1914.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co, WASHINGTON, D. c.

Patented Feb. 15,1916

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VALENTIN M. noon, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

REVOLVING HAND-FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1914.; Serial No. 845,422.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTIN M. KLUGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Hand-Fans, of which the following is a full, clear and exact'specification.

This invention relates to a class of fans adapted to be carried by a person.

My invention has-for its object primarily to provide a fan of a portable type so as to be conveniently used for fanning a person, and in accordance therewith I provide a tubular handle having a shaft journaled in its upper end. On one end of the shaft'is mounted the fan proper consisting of spirally twisted blades extending radially from a common center so as to be revolved in'unison when the shaft is rotated, and over the shaft is movably wrapped a flexible element, or cable adapted to drive the shaft byfrictional contact therewith when the ends of the cable are directed to and fro relatively to the shaft. 7

Another object of theinvention is to provide within the tubular handle spring actuated means which is connected to one end of the cable for forcing the cable in one direction; and still another object of the invention is to provide a manually operative lever which is fulcrumed to the handle and con nected to the other end of the cable to force the cable in an opposite direction against the tension of the spring actuated means whereby the drive shaft may be driven torevolve the fan for producing the required currents of air. r 1

A further object of the invention is to provide a revolving hand fan wherein a number of its parts may be stamped from sheet metal so as to be susceptible of being made to sell at a very moderate price, and which may be formed in various sizes and shapes.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indi:

cate corres ondin arts in all the views i the said invention being more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure'l is a front elevation of one form of revolving hand fan embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s anelevation showing one side of the fan. Fig. 3 is Patented Feb. 15,1916.

an elevation showing the opposite side of we the fan. Fig. l is a front view of the spring used in the fan. Fig. 5 is a side view of the spring. Fig. 6 is a side view of the sleeve used in the fan. Fig. 7 is a view of another side of the sleeve. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section through the sleeve when applied to the handle of the fan. Fig. .9 isa top plan of the straddle bar employed in the fan. Fig. 10 is a front view of the straddle bar.

Fig. 11 is an edge view of the ring used in conjunction with the sleeveof the fan. Fig.

12 is a side view of the ring, and Fig. 13 is we a sectional elevation, partly in detail, of the fan showing a modified form of the spring actuated means thereof.

The revolving hand fan has a tubularhandie 10 which is preferably made of sheet metal formed in a tubular shape, and part of the upper end of the handle is cut-out, as at 11. In an upper part of the handle opposite to'its cut-out 11 is a slot 12 disposed lengthwise of the handle, and through the central pa-rt of the handle in proximity to the lower end of the slot is an opening 13.

Also through the upper part of the handle opposite to the central part of the slot 12 are two'spaced holes 14 and'l l and through the upper endof the handle adjacent to its cutout 11 are two registered openings 15 and 15 The tubular parts may be made by'the use of cutting and forming dies according to any of the wellknown methods.

I In the registered open-, ings l5 and 15f is a freely rotatable shaft 16' handle and these having a flattened, or substantially rectanfan 18 having a number of spirally twisted blades 19 which are radially disposed from gular head 17 extending exteriorly of the" tubular handle. On this head His held a a common center, as 20, all of which are integrally formed, by being, stamped from a single sheet of metal. In order to hold the fan 18'rigidly on the head 17 of the shaft 16, a clip, or straddle bar 21 is provided. The straddle bar 21 is substantially U- shaped, and this bar has a rectangular opening 22 inits central part through which the part of the head of the shaft 16 between the fan and. the handle 10 is disposed. The

central parts of the arms of the straddle bar 21' are bent outwardlyat right angles and then bent forwardly. The freejends of the arms of the straddle bar are passed through two spaced openings 21 in the center of the fan, and these ends are then struck inwardly toward each other upon the center of the fan which will thereby be tightly clamped to the head of the shaft 16.

Servingto rotate the shaft 16 and the an18 in unison, around the central part f the shaft is inovably wrapped, at :23, he upper part of a flexible element, or cale 2%. The lower end portion of the caole 2% is disposed downwardly through the tubular handle 10 and passed through the slot 12 thereof, and this end of the cable is fastened to the eye 25 provided on one end of a spring, as The spring 26 is preferably in the form of a strip of wire normally extending through the lower part of the slot 12 of the handle 10, and this strip is disposed upwardly on an incline across the interior of the handle. The upper end portion of the spring 23 is spirally twisted around a pin, as 27, 'whioh is disposed through the holes 1% and 1 1 of the handle 10, and the upper free end of the spring rests against the adjacent part ofthe inner surface of the handle. spring26 will thus normally serve to force the cable 24 in a direction toward the lower part of the handle.

F or the purpose of allowing the cable 24 to he moved in frictional contact with the shaft 16 against the tension of'thespring 26 so that the cable will be forced back and forth, the upper end of the cable is attached AL 110 a hook 28,011 the upperzend or a handlever 29. The lever 291s 1n the form of a rod having its central part bent to provide an eye, as 30,, and the lower part of the lever is disposed outwardly on an 1ncl1ne so as to be spaced some distance from the handle 10 of the fan.;. The lever 29 is ful- I crumed, at 31, by pivoting its eye between extending ears,or lugs 32 ofa sleeve, or band 33 provided approximately midway of the handle 10. The sleeve 33 is preferably made of sheet metal, and this sleeve is secured to the handle of the fan by acounter sunk indent, as 3%, forced into the opening 13' of the handle. Part of thesleeve 33 at about a quadrant thereof relatively to its earsv32 is bent outwardly from the handle to form a spaced portion, as 35, and through this spaced portion is a substantially rectangular aperture 36 in which is-clamped the angular ends 37 of a split ring 38 having its .end parts disposed between the spaced portion 35 of the sleeve and the wall of the handle. The ring 38 is thereby held to the sleeve so that its opening will be transversely disposed with respect to the handle of the fan. 7

To operate the fan the handle 10 is gripped in one hand of theperson, and one of the fingers is passed through vthe ring 38. One or more of the other fingers of the operator then grasp the lower end of the hand- The tension of the.

lever 29 which in turn is directed. toward the handle 10. The lever 29 will thereby be swung on its fulcrum for moving the upper part of the hand-lever outwardly from the handle 10, and the cable 2% will be guided upwardly through the slot. 12,

through the handle, and through the cutout 11. The lower part of the spring 26 and its eye 25 will also be moved in an upward direction against the tension of the spring, and. wiien the force on the hand I and instead, a plug, as 39 Fig. 13, may be secured in the lowerpart of the handle 10.

In thetop of the plug 39 is driven a staplev 40, and to the staple is. fastened the lowerend of an elastic band, as all, of rubber, orother similar material. Theupper end of the elastic band is connected to the lower end of the cable 24 so that when the fan is operated, as above described,v the cable will he guided upwardly through the handle 10 in frictional contact with the shaft 16 and against the tension of the elastic band when the hand-lever is moved in the manner explained, and by providing theelastic band of suitable tension it will cause the cable to be moved in an opposite direction when the pressure on the lever is released; The shaft 16 and the blades 19 of this form ofthe fanmay thus be revolved at 'asuitable speed.

In the, foregoing description, I have em-:

bodied the preferred form of my invention,

but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as Iain aware that modii-v fications maybe made therein without departin' from the principle, or sacrificing any 0' the advantages of: this invention; therefore I'reserve to IIIYSBlfthG'IIght to make such changes as fairly fall within:

the scope of the appended claims. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent e 1. A revolving hand fan, comprising a handle, a shaft journaled in the upper part of the handle, a plurality of spirally twisted blades disposed radially from a common center rigidly held on the shaft, arfiexible element, having a part thereof movably wrapped around the shaft, spring actuated means on the handle, and connected to one end of the flexible element, a band mounted on. the handle and a hand-lever fulcrumed to the band, a pivot carried by the band,

to the other end of the cable, and the other this fifteenth day of June, A. 1914.

said hand-lever being formed with an 'eye pivotally engaged with said pivot, one end of the hand-lever being Connected to the other end of the flexible element and the other end of said hand-lever being spaced from the handle so that when forced toward the handle the upper end of the lever will be swung to guide the flexible element in one direction in frictional contact with the i journaled in the upper part of the handle,

a plurality of radially disposed spirally twisted blades, means rigidly holding the blades on the shaft, and in spaced relation to the handle, a cable having a part thereof movably wrapped around the shaft, spring actuated means within the tubular handle and operable through the slot, and connected to one end of the cable, and a handlever fulcrumed to the handle of the fan, one end of the hand-lever being connected end of said hand-lever being spaced from the handle so that when forced toward the handle the upper end of the lever will be swung to guide the cable in one direction in frictional contact with the shaft and against the tension ofthe spring actuated means Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7

which will reverselyg'uide the cable when the pressure on the handle is relaxed Whereby the shaft and said blades will be revolve to produce currents of air. 1 l

3. A revolving hand fan, comprising a tubular handle, a shaft journaled in the upper part of the handle, a plurality of spirally twisted blades radially disposed from a common center rigidly held on the shaft, a cable having apart thereof mov ably wrapped around the shaftwithin'the handle, a vertical slot in the handle, a spring within the tubular handle, said spring being anchored at one end to the handle and connected to one end of the cable at its other end, and a hand-lever fulcrumed to the handle of the fan, one end of the hand lever being connected to the other end of the cable, and the other end of said handlever being spaced from the handle so that when forced toward the handle the upper 'end of the lever will be swung to guide the cable in one direction in frictional contact with the shaft against the tension of the spring which will reversely guide the cable when'the pressure on the handle isrelaxed whereby the shaft and said-blades will be revolved to produce currents of air; This specification signed and witnessed I 'V'ALENTIN M. KLUGE.

Witnesses: I V

Row. B. ABBOTT, M. DERMODY.

Washington, D. 0. 1 

